Laura Beresford
BScPharm, PharmD
Investigator and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, BC Children's Hospital
Paediatrics and Child Health Canada
Swyngedouw, N. and Boulton, J. and Wilkie, B. and Beresford, L.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf073Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
Marin, J.G. and Beresford, L. and Lo, C. and Pai, A. and Espino-Hernandez, G. and Beaulieu, M.
DOI: 10.1177/2054358120912652The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Laura Beresford and Rene Dagenais and Jenny Hong and Sam Louie and Leanne Leung and Lucas Thorne-Humphrey and Stacey Tkachuk and Dawn Dalen
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v70i1.162803 / 2017
Youth and young adulthood are significant, high-risk periods of transition for transplant recipients, and there is a critical gap in targeted, accessible health education services to support this age group. Adolescence is a transformative developmental period of significant psychosocial change, cognitive growth, increased desire for independence, and risk of poor health outcomes. Education to foster youth health knowledge and confidence is essential, and there is a current gap in mobile health (mHealth) interventions to support this population. This study aims to explore the perspectives of youth and young adults with solid organ transplants on the acceptability and relevancy of a one-way SMS text-messaging based education platform to support transplant health knowledge and health confidence.
The Pediatric Intravenous Outpatient Therapy (PIVOT) program at BC Children’s Hospital supports children around British Columbia who require a prolonged course of IV antimicrobial therapy and allows them to receive it at home. The PIVOT program was started in 2023, and line occlusions is a significant complication that impacts patient care. This study aims to identify factors associated with PICC line occlusions in pediatric patients receiving outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy through the PIVOT program, with the goal of informing a clinical framework to guide antimicrobial selection and reduce line-related complications.
Co-Investigator. Exploring youth and young adult transplant recipient perspectives on the acceptability of a text-message based education platform. Funding Source: Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST)
2024-2025 - Veteran Preceptor of the Year, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
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